This morning we were pleasantly greeted at our pond by the opening of our first lotus blossom. We all squealed with delight as we had expected the arrival later in the week! What a beauty it is!
[EDIT] Here is some more pictures Laura and Tom took out near Rondeau today.

Can you believe that we drove all the way to St Louis and we didn’t even have a beer at the stadium!!! Too expensive so I’m told. We went thru the turnstiles at 12:30 for a 3:00 game. We got our seats and waited for the game to start. We thought that we would see the batting practise and warmups like at the Skydome but they cancelled these events due to persistent rain. Lucky our seats were under the roof for full cover from the elements. The Cardinals won the game over the Seattle Mariners. It was really neat because all the fans wear red or some sort of Cardinal gear and all they do all game long is EAT. They are up and down like a toilet seat. It is truly and all day event.

We had a wonderful time on our time-share golf holiday in Arkansas last week. The weather was quite a bit hotter down there than what was experienced in Toronto. The high was 105F and the low was 93F. When you opened your door in the morning to head out for the golf course, it felt like you were opening the oven door. We lathered up in sunscreen 30spf and bug spray (for the West Nile Virus) each day. We had golf carts on all the courses. Thank goodness. We had a fun week and enjoyed smacking that little ball around, some more times than others. We stopped in at Busch Stadium to catch a St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners game. That was a highlight as it was the 4th of July fireworks extravaganza over Greer Ferry Lake in Fairfield Bay. We will go on another golf holiday but not go all the way to Arkansas (Bin-there, dun-that). Boys slept most of the time in the car.

RBC Dominion Securities gave us complimentary tickets to the RM Classic Car Concours d’Elegance in Tecumseh Park to view a selection of over 100 of the world’s most beautiful cars.

The show was spectacular! So much chrome and polish! The rare cars including many one-of a kinds, million dollar sports and classic cars and so many never before shown or seen in Canada. There are only 34 Tuckers in the world and 3 of them were in this show. The highlight was a 1930 Mercedes SS Roadster valued between $10 to $20 million.
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On Saturday Tom, Tom Townsend, Laura, and myself joined in the RM Classic Cars 25th Anniversary celebrations by going to Canada’s greatest custom and classic car show. It was held at RM Corporate Headquarters on #40 Highway.
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Friday evening was still young so we headed to Chatham to see what was happening on King Street. For the RM celebrations they had a classic car cruise along “The Drag”. The downtown was a buzz with people, revving engines, and rock and roll. It brought back memories of the 70?s.
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What a Weekend for Chatham Kent! On Friday evening Tom, Laura, and myself ventured to Thamesville for the Thrashing Days Festival Parade. We parked our lawn chairs by the hotel’s patio and had a good view with the sun at our backs.

Cubby was on the patio, so of course we had a brew together before the parade marshal went by. It was another great parade with lots of horses, tractors, old cars, floats, and of course Shriners and my favourite the firemen and their firetrucks. We saw Joey Roesch on his restored Ford tractor and Wes Thompson was having fun driving his antique fire truck. We had lots of fun and Laura even caught a string of Mardi Gras beads.

Well it appears Ian isn’t going to post anything so…

Calgary Herald [Fri. Jul. 16 2004] — Calgarians stared down torrential flood conditions as 50 millimetres of rain and hail lashed the city Thursday evening.

Springbank and south Calgary neighbourhoods weathered the brunt of a severe thunderstorm that cut a swath from the Northwest to Southeast quadrants of the city. Roads turned to rivers and hail pummelled neighbourhoods around Discovery Ridge, Signal Hill, Lake Bonavista, Woodlands and Queensland.
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Meet Lucas, our newest family addition. We adopted him yesterday. He is a 5 year old dark tabby with four white mitten paws and white markings on face, chest and belly. He is an awesome cat with a friendly personality plus he is declawed and neutered.
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